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Careful on some of the models you recommend. WebFacing counts against the 5250 load. And with IBM milking the 5250 cash cow for every dime they can, I'd really think before you try to get a bunch of web users to start whacking against your 5250 load. I tried to bring up this argument with my boss. He seems hot-to-trot regarding WebFacing. His argument is that if you throw enough money into your 400 then the 5250 load is not a problem. With this attitude, is there any wonder why IBM treats us so nice? Rob Berendt ================== A smart person learns from their mistakes, but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes. "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrot To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> hers.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: alternative to WebFacing owner-midrange-l@mi drange.com 06/22/2001 09:43 AM Please respond to MIDRANGE-L Jim, what is "too small to run WebSphere"? Is it possible that you might be able to upgrade? Low-end model 270's run WebSphere, and you'll be thrilled with the performance. If you can completely web-enable your application, then you can run a 0CPW model 270, which has a base cost of around $10,000. At that point, you'd only be able to use green screens for occasional maintenance - more than one interactive session will kill the machine - but it might be an alternative to trying to add five more pounds of ... stuff to an already overloaded bag. If you can do that, you can use an approach like my revitalization architecture. It's fast and easy to implement. Or, if you can afford some interactive CPW, you can use IBM's webfacing. Either one of these, though, uses WebSphere as its primary interface. If you're adamant about staying away from WebSphere, you can use my approach, but run your web interface on a small attached webserver running something like Linux or Widnows/2000. Supposedly webfacing will work this way as well, but it may require WebSphere on the other box. My architecture works with any webserver. With my design, you can also use a thick graphical client rather than a browser. Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jim Franz > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 6:38 AM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com; IGNITE400 MEMBERS LIST > Subject: alternative to WebFacing > > > is there an alternative to IBMs WebFacing for a system too > small to run WebSphere? Prefer without the run-time license > of like Seagull. Something reliable? > jim +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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